Bakery:
Hotel Sacher Salzburg
Address:
Schwarzstraße 5-7, Salzburg (Original location at Philharmonikerstraße 4, Vienna)
Website:
http://www.sacher.com
Style:
Austrian
Price:
$$$
Because this was a monumental visit for me, I thought it was about time to post my trip to the Hotel Sacher in Salzburg. Nevertheless, if we take Sacher's website claim that the Sacher Torte is the "world's most famous cake", I'm a little honoured that I've been able to taste it. Twice. And seriously, I'm so excited that I'm able to post it up here. The Sacher "experience" was the first real Cake Tour post I'd ever done (ah, the memories!), despite it took me several years to create a website for it. ;)
Anyways, I went to Salzburg twice in different years. The first time, I visited the shop (located around the corner from the main entrance and through a small door) and was pretty much... amazed at the price of the actual tortes, I settled on a mini, bite-size version (3 euro, but this was several years ago; keep that in mind!) complete with its own Sacher chocolate on top. Just because I adore this photo I made of it (complete with "Mozart" presenting it ^-^), I had to settle on this instead of the more traditional shot. It was... perfect, just too small.
So, when I returned to Munich the year after, I couldn't help but run back to the Hotel Sacher, intent on buying an actual torte this time around, despite whatever price I had to pay for it. And well, pay I did, but it was worth it. ^_____^ I bought the third biggest (size I: 29 euro...three years ago), which happened to be quite an investment considering its price.
Okay, so for the money, it did have to come nicely packed. It came wrapped up in paper and tied with golden ribbon, and kept in this fancy bag, which I hauled around the city with great pride. ^^; Then, after unwrapping the paper, it was in a wooden box stamped with the logo of the hotel with some booklets on the history of the hotel, cake, etc. The cake came wrapped in plastic and protected with tons of shredded paper (which I removed for the photo) The plastic was removed and the cake placed a plate. Then... it had to be cut.
I had it with what the booklet recommended, some unsweetened whipped cream. And... omg! *melts* it was absolutely delicious.... chocolate cake, apricot jam, and liquor-infused chocolate gaze. It was...
heavenly. *-*
Quite honestly, I'm not a chocolate fan at all, so at first I feared the torte would be a little imposing, considering that it's pretty much entirely chocolate, both the dough and the glaze. The little hint of marmalade doesn't detract from the chocolate, but at the same time, you don't need to love chocolate to appreciate this cake, but at the same time, I can safely say that if you love chocolate, this torte is the closest baked confection you'll find to heaven. ;DDD The quality of the chocolate is phenomenal, and despite the complaints about the price above, this is one of those things that you certainly get what you pay for. Well, I don't know if it's bang for your buck, but you get quality ingredients (the tortes are shipped several times a week from the original location in Vienna to Salzburg -- an impressive feat considering I couldn't do the same :() and a delicious experience; the size 1 easily fed 6 people, mostly because you can't eat so much at a time, so when you divide the price, it turns out... decent. And it's just too, too good to be categorized as "overpriced". XD
I enjoyed/loved/spent a few hours in complete ecstasy twice before, and all I can say in conclusion is that I can't wait to be able to go back and try this lovely, "world famous" delicacy once again... maybe I'll even muster enough courage to go and eat it in the hotel cafe with a cup of coffee and on the official, red-rimmed plates!! ^_^
With all that, can the rating really come to you as a surprise?? ;D
Rating: ****
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